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The French and Indian War
This was a war between the British and the French over who would control America. In 1763, the British won. -
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Causes of the American Revolution
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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. It was issued by the king to stop fighting between the Indiands and the settlers. -
The Sugar Act
Parliament passed the Sugar Act, which put a duty (or import tax) on several products, like molasses. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required all colonists to buy special tax stamps for various products and activities. These include newspapers, wills, licenses, insurance policies, land titles, contracts, and other documents. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was issued to save money. It required colonists to quarter, or house, British troops, as well as provide them with food and other supplies. -
The Boston Massacre
The colonists were boycotting British goods. All taxes were taken away except for the ones on tea. This angered the colonists, and protesters threw things at soldiers. The soldiers responded by opening fire. They killed five and injured six. -
The Battle of Alamance
Governer Tyron gathered militia to fight the Regulators (petitioners protestings against Tyron). The Regulators ended up being executed. -
The Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party
The Tea Act lowered the price of tea by allowing East India Company to ship tea directly to the colonies. This hurt colonial merchants. Colonists threatened the sea captains bringing in the tea. Dressed as Native Americans, they threw 342 cases of tea into the harbor. This was known as the Boston Tea Party. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts consisted of four laws. One closed the port of Boston. Two increased the royal governor's power, abolished the upper house of Massachusetts legislature, and cut power of town meetings. Another strengthened the 1775 Quartering Act. The Quebec Act was passed as well. It set up a government for the land taken from France between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers as a part of Canada. -
Fighting at Lexington and Concord
Minutemen were civilian soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice. The Governor of Massachusetts found out that minutement were storing arms in Concord. 77 minutemen were waiting in Lexington when the British arrived. The minutemen refused to leave, which was when the first shot of the American Revolution rang out. It was called "the shot heard round the world".
